Alfred sueur



(No Model.)

A. SUEUR. COIN CONTROLLED STARTING MECHANISM FOR MUSIC BOXES.

No. 466,586. Patented Jan. 5, 1892,

UNITED V STATES ALFRED SUEUR, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED E.PAILLARD,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-CONTROLLED STARTING MECHANISM FOR MUSIC-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,586,dated January5, 1892.

Application filed September 1.1 891; Serial No. 404,484. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED SUEUR, a citizen of Switzerland, and aresident of the city of New York, in the countyof New York and 7 will befully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of one end part ofa music-box provided with my improved coin-controlled startingmechanism. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and at are detail views showing the positions ofthe lever. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 1.

The music-box is constructedwith the usual cylinder A, comb'B, androtating flyer O for controlling the speed of the driving mechanism. Onthe end of the shaft of the cylinder the usual cog-wheel D is mounted,which is provided with a circular groove D, in which the pin E on thestop-leverF can travel. In said wheel D and in the groove D thereof anaperture or recess G is formed, and at saidrecess G a short cam-groove Gis formed at one end of said groove D. A spring H, secured to the frameand to a downwardly-projecting lug F of the locking-lever F, pressessaid pin E against the inner edge of the groove D.

To a partition J of the music-box the fingerlever K is pivoted, theupper end of which proj ects above the top pieceL upon said partition J.Said pivoted finger-lever K swings on a slot L in said top piece I. andis provided below said top piece with a wing M, parallel with thepartition J and located a distance from the same about equal to thethickness of a coin. A spring N, secured to the partition J and tothelower end of the pivoted finger-lever K, draws said lower end ofv thelever K in the direction of the arrow or. .Astop pin or screw 0 projectsfrom the partition J a short distance below the wing .M of the lever K.A lever P is pivoted to the partition .I, and its lower end is drawn inthe direction of the arrow y by a spring Q, secured to the lower end ofsaid leverPand to the partition J. From the lower end of said lever P apin R projects laterally and rests against the lug F of thelocking-lever F, against which the latter is pressed by the tension ofthe spring Q.

In order to start the music-box, it is necessary to press the wing F onthe lower end of the starting-lever F in the direction of the arrow y,so as to move the pin E into the part of the groove D. If the upper endof the tinger-lever K, whichis the only part of the starting'mechanisinprojecting above the top piece "L, is moved in thedirection of the.arrow 10,

Fig. 2, it does not affect the lever P nor the stop-lever F. If,however, a coin ais dropped through the slot L, it rests upon theleverP,

the stop pin or screw 0, and is held in place by the wing M, as shown inFig. 2. If now the upper end of the lever K is moved in the direction ofthe arrow w, the edge of the lever K, acting on the edge of the coin,Fig. 3, moves the same in the direction of the arrow y, and the cam amoves the lever P in the direction of the arrow 19, whereby the lug F ofthe stop-lever F is moved in the direction of the arrow y and the pin Eis moved outward from the center of the wheel D to the cam part G of thegroove D. At the same time the fly mechanism 0 is released the cylinderbegins to rotate, as does also the wheel D, and the cam part G of thegroove D forces said pin E into the groove D. Thereby the lower end ofthe lever P is forced still further in the direction of the arrow y andthe coin is released, 'as shown in Fig. 4..

As long as the music-box plays the leverP remains in the position shownin Fig. 4, and

when the cylinder and wheel D have made one revolution the pin E snapsinto the aperture G, the music-box is stopped, and the parts assume theposition shown in Fig. 2.

The starting-lever K need only be held for a short time in the positionshown in Fig. 3,

as immediately after the fly mechanism 0 is started the cam action ofthe part G of the groove D brings the pin E into the groove 1).

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentall.

1. In a1nusic-box,tl e combination, with the usual music-producingdevices, of a wheel mounted on the end of the main shaft and providedwith a groove and with an aperture or recess in the track of saidgroove, a lockinglever having a pin traveling in said groove, a springacting on said locking-lever, a pivoted lever havingalaterally-projecting part resting against part of said looking-lever,and a finger-lever pivoted a short distance from the above-mentionedlever, with the projection and a coin-supporting pin or projectionbetween saidtwolevers,substantiallyassetforth.

2. In a music-box, the combination, with the music-producing devices, ofa wheel mounted on the end of the main shaft and having a groove; and anaperture or recess in the path of said groove, aloeking-lever havingapintraveling in said groove, a spring acting on said looking-lever, a leverpivoted to part of the musicbox and having a laterally-projecting partresting against part of the locking-lever, a spring-connectedlocking-lever and pressing the laterally projecting part of the leveragainst the part of the locking-lever, a fingerlever pivoted a shortdistance from the abovementioned lever, and a ooin-supporting projeotion between said two levers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED SUEUR. \Vitnesses:

GEO. VARRELMAN, W. II. I'IOSCHKE.

